The Snow Hill car park from The
Waterlode. Part of the planned development area that has been shelved by
Cheshire East Council

Jeff Stubbs
(Chairman) writes:

I WAS really
pleased to have secured Adrian Fisher, Head of Planning and Policy at
Cheshire East Council, to
speak to us before our Annual General Meeting on Tuesday, April 27,
at Nantwich Museum. He
talked about “Aspects of Planning in Cheshire East”.

Here
are up-dates on some of the
issues affecting Nantwich.

Snow Hill:
Last year we wondered ifthe economic downturn would affect
the proposed development of the area. Well, it did! Cheshire East
Council said that it has been shelved for the foreseeable future.

Welsh Row
turned out to be something of a mixed bag with some good aspects to
the surfacing and some not – the same goes for the traffic calming
features. The loss

of the chains and posts in the name of safety (according to highway
engineers) has been noted by many as regrettable.

Cocoa Yard:
The second application
for a new shop or office was refused after we and lots of others in
town objected.

Sainsbury’s
redevelopment and enlargement was the biggest scheme to come our way
in 2009. We had a successful meeting with their architects and I’m
glad to say that the company and the planning authority took on
board many suggestions from the society. It is due to start this
year.

The Riverside
Project came to an end but new plans are being devised by a
number of local people for a new GreenspacesSouth
Cheshire CIC group.

Street Audit
of Nantwich town centre: We are getting on with this and I hope to
conclude the survey and analyse findings in a few weeks.

Monk’s Lane:
I have not heard any more
yet about the situation but the dryer weather has reduced the danger
for people walking along it for the time being.